1996 Nissan 200SX Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors) Problems

“Driver side windshield wiper arm ball joint failed resulting in the inoperability of the driver side windshield wiper. According to the NHTSA website, there is a recall for this specific problem. Nissan says this problem is VIN number specific and my VIN number is not included in the recall. My car has this very specific problem and we believe that it should be covered under the recall. The recall covers several years (1995 to 1998) of the manufacture of the car and mine is a 1996. About 500,000 of these cars were covered under the recall, why not mine? …”

“I own a 1996 Nissan 200SX with . I purchased the car in late summer of 2005. On july 5 2006 my son was driving the car in a rain storm and the wipers stopped functioning. The next day he asked me to look at the car and I discovered the windshield wiper linkage had failed at the ball joint where the connecting rod from the motor joins the pivot rod for the wiper blades. I did a little research and discovered this problem was previously reported in NHTSA recall 98v093000. I contacted my local Nissan dealer and I was told my VIN had no outstanding recalls. I called Nissan corp. …”

“Wipers stopped working while driving my vehicle in the first day of snow during very bad whether conditions. Took the car to Nissan, a 49.99 fee just to look at the car. Left and went somewhere else were they made me aware of a recall on the problem and to go back to Nissan for the repair which should be free of charge. After I returned to Nissan the service representative made me aware that there was a recall on the problem, however only for certain cars of the same make and model but within a certain VIN number range based on the manufacturer. …”

“Dt: the contact stated driver's side windshield wiper does not work. The passenger side windshield wiper will work intermittently. There was no forewarning prior to the wipers not working. There was recall 98v093000. He contacted the dealer, they stated it was too old of a recall in their database.”

“The contact stated the wiper arm linkage disengaged without warning, while the windshield washer/wipers were activated. The vehicle was not inspected by a dealer. There was a NHTSA recall, # 98v093000, regarding the windshield washer/wiper arm linkage. The vehicle was not included in the recall due to the VIN. The manufacturer was contacted.”